If Lithuanian Jews are called Litvaks and Lithuanian Americans are known as Lugans, what are Australian Lithuanians known as? Australians shorten everything so its no surprise that Lithuanian become Litho's. While on the outside we look like any other Australian there are some things that make us different. Here are a few.
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Kudirka gifts Australian Doctor his artwork
Our 28 February post about artist Algirdas Kudirka, 1915–1980, caught the eye of Beth Robertson in Adelaide, who has shared this photograp...
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Yesterday at the Adelaide Lithuanian House we celebrated the arrival of the General Stuart Heintzelman ship 70 years ago. Below is the sp...
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Born on February 10, 1946 in Memmingen Refugee camp. He immigrated to Australia with his parents Antanas and Jadvyga in 1950. In 1963 Vytas ...
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Linas and Elena arrived in Australia in 1948. They had two young children. Linas worked in the Bathurst camp for 18 months assisting new...
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